When we become parents we all decide that the number one goal will be to protect our children. When you and your child find yourself living with an addict this entails a whole new set of boundaries to ensure your child’s safety. Teaching skills such as looking both ways before crossing the street may come…

Addiction is one of the greatest and most powerful traps the human mind can fall in to. While a person can be intelligent and rational, the brain the human resides in is a complex organ, controlled via electricity and chemical changes. It’s easy for this device to fall into patterns and habits, and addiction is…

What is Detox? Detox is the first stage of rehab that people go through immediately after they have quit using one or multiple substances. The detox period can last anywhere from a day or two up to a few weeks. The length of time you spend in detox will be determined both by the substance…

The Last Days of Rehab After progressing through detox and the courses and therapies you will go through while in our Alcohol rehab program in Pompano Beach, you will start feeling more confident in your ability to stay sober when returning to your everyday life and you will eventually finish the inpatient rehab program. When…

Over 30,000 Americans die each year as the result of opiate use. Recent studies have shown that the risk of suicide doubles for men with opiate addiction and women are 8 times more likely to complete suicide if they have an opiate abuse problem. Opiates raise your risk of depression, while depression may raise your…

No one sets out to fail at what they try earnestly to do. It is important to remember that the main goal of quitting drug dependence is to make the addict’s life better. Relapsing after going through withdrawal from oxycodone, heroin, alcohol, or any other substance can be one of the most damaging events that…

Effects of Alcohol and Alcohol Use Disorder Immediate Effects of Alcohol Most people are aware of the effects of drinking alcohol are. These are the types of things that we experience when we are “buzzed”, “drunk”, “faded” or any other term one might use when drinking to a point of inebriation. After a few alcoholic…

Regardless of what you may have heard a decade ago about oxycodone being non-habit forming and without its risks, the drug is especially dangerous and addictive. In recent years, there has been an uptick in overdoses and addiction to this once-promising drug, but now it is often discussed through the lens of its benefits versus…

Most drugs were never originally designed to be inside the body. Some replicate naturally-occurring human body chemicals and processes once they’re inside, but more often than not, they’re a mix of chemicals designed to take advantage of the body’s tolerance for poison and the flow of nutrients inside the body. So illegal drugs, or legal…

Detox and Rehab aren’t Necessary, But… If you have a problem with alcohol or drug addiction, there is a good chance that you have heard from either your friends or some media source that going through rehab and / or detox is only a waste of time. However, the statistics behind rehab speaks for itself…